International Women’s Day International Women’s Day takes place every year on the 8th of March. The day is to celebrate the women who have fought for the rights for women, […]
The fast fashion debate: What can we do to reduce the impact fast fashion has on the environment?
The fashion industry and fast fashion Fast fashion has taken the industry by storm in recent years. Since the COVID-19 outbreak and the credit crunch there has been a high […]
Eco-Hope: Stitching, not ditching
Join us this March for some slow-fashion and eco-friendly clothes fixes as part of this month’s #StressLess and the Eco-Hope programming in collaboration with The Academy for Sustainable Futures. We’ve […]
Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Each year the Eating Disorder Awareness Week focuses on sharing more information on a specific eating disorder or element of an eating disorder. This year, the focus is on ARFID.
LGBT+ History Month 2024: Researching LGBTQIA+ health
February is LGBT+ History Month. This year’s theme is Medicine #UnderTheScope. Each of our libraries has a display this month of books and/or book covers relating to health and medical […]
Queering The Archive Zine Project
Are you curious about what lurks in the hidden shelves of our Special Collections? Do you want to have a go at making a zine? Or has your research lead […]
LGBT+ History Month: Professor Margaret ‘Meg’ Stacey: Trailblazer in sociology
One aspect of this year’s LGBT+ History Month is to highlight the lives and work of LGBT+ people in the history of medicine and healthcare. This blog post focuses on […]
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex – Blake: a pioneer for medical reform
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex-Blake one of the first women to graduate in the UK.
LGBT+ History Month: Queer Pasts and present resources
New Resource ‘Queer Pasts’ is an American LGBTQ archive with a round up of all our online queer resources